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#togetherforbiodiversity
Biodiversity is essential for our survival and well-being. It nourishes and heals us. It provides us with oxygen and pure water. Biodiversity takes care of us, but it is in danger. Change and action are urgently needed to protect life on Earth, including ours....
Early drought
Post originally posted here by Jonas Lembrechts Europe is suffering from extremely early spring drought. And again, as every year, our water use is back on the agenda. And it should be: water availability might become one of our society’s biggest problems. In fact, it...
Uncertainty surrounding the prediction of ‘micro’ climate change
Ecologists from the University of Antwerp are leading the search for correct climate predictions to tackle the biodiversity crisis. They argue in the journal Science that our climate predictions do not take into account local changes in land use, and set up a new...
Is the coronavirus good news for the climate?
Sara Vicca (UA, dept. Biologie), Ann Crabbé (UA, dept. Sociologie) and Steven Van Passel (UA, FBE). This blog appeared earlier in Dutch on www.globalchangeecology.blog. Translated by Jonas Lembrechts with DeepL. Is the coronavirus good news for the climate? It's a...
What’s up on Thwaites Glacier?
By David Docquier, originally posted on https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cr/2020/03/13/whats-up-on-thwaites-glacier/ Figure 1: Map showing the location of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica, as well as the main geographic focus of the 8 projects involved in the...
The biodiversity crisis and its tight link with climate change
The climate and the biodiversity crises are intertwined, and raising awareness about these crises and their connection is a critical step towards action to solve both.